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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
Wide Tired Wagons.

Mr.. w. A. Armstrong reports the FL
mira On. " Farmers Club as regarding
wide tires for many purposes greatly su-
perior to the narrow ones in common use.
''Mr. Hoffman changed the wheels of a
farm wagon from marrow to broad and
found gain, especially in driving over
meadows or soft ground, as for instance
in drawing out manure. In this work he
employed wagon with narrow tires and
found it necessary to seek a new place
after two or three passages, but in alter
mating with two wagons, one having
wide tires, he coulG continue in the
same track a day or two with less harm
than would result from the narrow tires
alone in passing two or three times.
Similar commendation of wide tires was
given by nearly all the farmers present,
some of them having made practical
trial, Others speaking from observation
extended over considerable time and
many uses. As to the question of in
creased draft claimed by some persons, it
was not in accord with opinions formed
by these farmers, who reasoned that in
many cases draft is considerably lessencd
by wide tires; as, for instance, in draw
ing heavy loads over soft ground, if tires
are narrow wheels cut in, making con-
slant obstruction in front, whereas wide
tires go over without sinking, and neces-
sarily with less draft. 1t was plain that
wide tires for farm wagons were greatly
preferred, and there was even earnest
commendation of proposed law consid-
cred few years ago imposing penalties
upon all users of wagons having narrow
tires on public highways.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
The Great Metropolis.

There are over 5000 Italians in New
York.
There are forty-eight arches, tunnels
and bridges in the Central Park.
There are twenty morning and ten
evening papers published in the city.
A prison is attached to every police
court in this city. They are six in num-
Der.
The Society for tho Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals has been organized
since 1866.
There are twelve domestic and half
that number Of foreign express companies
in this city.
Twenty separate and distinct railway
companies send trains all over the country
from this city.
There are over 1000 photographs Of
criminals in the Rogues Gallery at Po-
lice Headquarters.
The largest number of emigrants ar
irving in this city in one year is 476, 0s6
and the lowest "a, 200.
Lost property when picked up by the
police can be found at Police Head
quarters, 800 Mulberry street.
The 1000 Hebrews who reside in this
city have twenty-six Synagogues and
over fifty meeting houses.
Bedloe's Island is about two miles
southwest of this city. Boats run be
tween it and the Barge Office hourly.
There are over 100 asylums and homes
for lunatics, friendless men aud women
and incurables in this city
Besides the bridge across the East
River the only other bridges in New York
are the ones across the Harlem and the
Central Railroad track.
Murray Hill, which is reputed to be
the most fashionable portion of the city,
extends from Third to Sixth avenues and
from Thirty-second to Forty fifth streets.
The Fire Department of this city has
1,342 men inits employ, two floating en-
gines or fire boats, 277 horses and l59,
503 feet of hose. The cost Of maintain.
ing the Department is over 81, 900, 600
annually. York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
Sunday in London.

If London is the dullest city in Europe
Sunday the country surrounding it and
the river cannot be called quiet on that
day, says Chicago Tribune letter. The
greater part of the middle class people
of London make it a point to get out
of the city on some kind of frolic every
pleasant Sunday during the summer.
Every place of amusement in London is
closed Sunday, and extra price is charged
at the Geological gardens, and every
thing made as dismal as it is possible.
To the very great number of London
drunkards, however, a concession is
made. After church is over in the morn
ing every liquor saloon, or public, as they
call them, is open until midnight. So by
the time evening comes about the only
persons to be seen on the streets are either
drunk or well on the way to being so.
This kind of a crowd naturally drives
respectable people to the suburbs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
Measuring Hay by Bulk.

Every season come inquiries as to the
most accurate mode of measuring hay
in bulk, and every season come also, from
correspondents in different sections of
the country, rules for measurement, vary
Ing In one or more particulars. Now,
the long and short of the matter is Just
this; So many things have to be taken
into consideration in calculating the
weight of hay in bulk it makes il difficult
to ascertain it precisely. For instance,
fine new-mown hay, like red-top or herds
grass, would probably not require quite
800 cubic feet for the ton timothy alone
requires about $50; clover, 65O; coarse
meadow hay, 700 or more. After being
stacked about month the bulk would
be decreased from to 10 per cent.
Again. hay will vary somewhat in
measurement according to the time it is
cut.
The Government standard for a ton of
hay is ~ feet; this gives 422 cubic feet.
To find the number of cubic feet in a
stack, multiply the area of the base by
onethird the perpendicular height. An
estimate very generally accepted is that
20 cubic yards of common meadow hay
a. '.AS 'ihNioN IpOSC loHi anu ~
cubic yards of baled or pressed hay the
same weight. A truss Of new hay, ac-
cordng to the same estimate, is 60
pounds; of old hay, So pounds; load
of hay, 80 trusses; a bale, 800 pounds
A truss of straw is 40 pounds.
A common rule for finding the number
of cubic feet in a NOW consists in multi
plying the length, width and depth
together. Five hundred cubic feet of
ordinary clover and timothy hay, packed
under ordinary circumstances, viii make
a ton. .-Neio York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
Edlson,s Lntest SensatiOn.

lie has designed a machine by which
heat can be directly utilized in the pro-
duction of electricity for lighting pur-
poses. If his calculation is correct, the
heat now wasted by ordinary stoves can
be made available in lighting houses,
without additional cost to the con
sumers. AS his machine for conversion
is small cheap and automatic in opera
tion, the original cost of fitting and the
obstacles TO its general use, will be OF
sliuht moment. Boston Ad1sriiSer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
A Plague of Wild Cats.

1t is hard TO please everybody. In
some parts of the world rabbits are
looked on as pests, and now there comes
a cry from South Africa that if the
wild cats are not put down soon there
will be not a rabbit left in Robben
Island. A big black cat was traced to
its den, and though its hunters could
not catch it, they found proofs of its
industry and destructiveness in the in
Vulnerable skins and tails of baby rab-
bits with which its lair was Uttered.
The spot was cleared out and visited
next day, when thirteen wee bunnies
were found, only recently killed. -
Lttle F0Lks
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

Of the top. Then put on clean white
cloth wet in cold water, tuck il down
around the edge Of the tub, then spread
one-fourth or one-third of an inch thick
Of clean white salt over the cloth on
top of the butter, taking care that the
cloth or the salt docs not come to the
top of the slaves of the tub. If it does
it will act like a siphon and draw the
brine over the top of the tub to the
outside, which of course does no good. {"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
Marvellous Little Moxie.

The Moxe craze is the latest, and il bids fair
TO last, as the physicians say II takes the place
Consequently, its place cannot be filled. The
medical world, IL Is said, have been waiting
are only temporary relief and are eventually
as destructive to nerve force as overwork and
exhaustion. Stimulants and medicines never
cure nervousness or nervous exhaustion. IL is
said the MoXie does at once. Stops the appe-
tite for liquors as we'll, satisfies the nervous
system as well, at once, leaving only the best
rpsultS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
lAHHAT
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YOU?

Do you feel dull. languld, low-spirited life
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ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste In
mouth, irregular Appetite dizyiness, frequent
headaches blurred eyesight, " floating spacks
before the eyes, nervous prostration or et-
haustion, irritability of temper, hot fushes,
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feet, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, or
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indescribable feeling OF dread, or Of impend-
ing calamity
II you have all, or any considerable nutnber
OF these symptoms, you are suffering from
that most common OF American maladies-
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associate,
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greater tho number and diversity Of symp-
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DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

THERE are only four localities where mercury
or quicksilver is found in abundance. These
are California, Austria, Almaden, in Spain,
and Peru. Cinnabar, the soft and reddish rock
OF which mercury forms part, when ground
very fine, serves as a beautiful red paint.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

A hospital for animals in London is
being planned, together with free dis
pensaries in the poorer quarters of the
metropolis, where, beside treatment of
the suffering creature themselves, lectures
can be given and pamphlets published
for pupllc instruction. In many poor
neighborhoods horses, donkeys, etc,
often endure long misery, owing to their
owners being unable TO pay for profess
sional aid, and by this plan skilled treat
ment would be brought within the reach
of the poorest.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

COLUMBIA has more students than any other
college in the United States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

One of the largest wheat fields in the
world is that of ex-Congressman c. F.
Reed, Of Stanislaus county, Cal. 1t CON
sists of 10, 900 acres in one unbroken
stretch along the bank of the San joaquin
River, and much of the land is protected
by levees, as the stream is higher than
the shore. The grain this year is as high
as the back of a horse, and it is esti-
mated the yield will be forty bushels to
the acre This will give 400, 600 bushes,
which will load ten large vessels.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

ROYAL GLUE mends anythingl Broken Chi.
ma, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs G. Gro
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

Delicate diseases of either sex radi-
cally cured. Send 10 cents in stamps for book.
Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton Buffalo, n. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which is the
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Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
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For Torpid Liver, Biliousness, or "Liver
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THE returns of the tenth census show that
there was made in the United States during
the year 1880 243, $3.50 pounds of cheese, of
which 2l5, So, ,36l pounds was made in factories
and p 212, 4S9 pounds was made on farms.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

Silk and bilious headache, and all derange-
ments of stomach and bowels, cured by DIR.
Pierce's "Pellets"-or anti-bilious granules. %
cents vial. No cheap boxes to allow waste of
virtues. BY druggists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

A HALTER says French head is small and
round, usually.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
CURES ALL HUMORS,

worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, Fever-sores,"
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

knowledge of our duties is the most
useful part of philosophy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE"

Thoroughly cleanse IL by using Dr. Pierce,s
Golden Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, q fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital
etrength and bodily health will be established
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12

HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL College, Cleveland
o. Session of iSs1s begins sept. q. For catalogue
address William T. Miller, NJ. d., COL Superior street
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-07
The Drouth Commission.

AUSTIN, Feb. THE drouth COM
mission has been busy making out a
map of travels. They haye marked
the places supposed to be the most
destitute, and will proceed thither at
once. They will see-saw across the
district. They have likewise marked
out the points where they can get
something to eat for themselves. The
bill creating the commission gives the
members IS a day and expenses, but
the State don't advance either wages
or expenses. The result is that the
gentlemen must use their own
cash when they incur expenses, and
must then take an ironclad oath rs to
the business of them. Another petit
ton was received to-day from the
people from Eastland county, asking
for the creation and appointment of a
State Geologist. 1t seems that If there
is any one thing that the drouth strick-
en- people want nearly as badly as
they want food. it is geologist. After
a while, long, long while, when the
whole country is at ease and fat with
plenty, the State may appoint another
commissioner to go through that
country and see what can be done for
it in theway of securing it a geologist.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-07
Horrible Railway Accident.

CONCORD, N. IL, Feb. L. The OK
press train that left Boston Friday
night met with a terrible accident
near Woodstock, on the Central YER
mont road, about $3.50 Saturday morn.
ing. IL consisted of locomotive,
baggage car, postal car, two passenger
coaches and two sleeping cars. When
about POO yards from the south end of
the Deck bridge, near old Windsor
Station, broken rail was struck. The
locomotive, baggage car and postal
car broke away from the rest of the
train, passing over the bridge safely.
The rest Of the train ran over an
abutment and all the cars fell into the
White river, some fifty feet below.
The detached part of the train ran
back to'thc scene of the dl1as'er.
The screams of the injured were
hcartrending. Assistance also came
from people living in the vicinity, and
everything was done to rescue and re-
lieve the injured. Soon after help ar
rived it was discovered that the first
passenger coach was on fire, and soon
the entire train was ablaze, thus add
ing horror to the already frightful
catastrophe. Those present, powerless
to stop the fire, devoted themselves
entirely in attempting to rescue those
imprisoned in the wreck.
Mr.. Mccarthy, who went on the re-
lief train and who looked over the
track. says broken rail was near the
bridge and that the engine and first
two cars stayed on the track, the bag
gage and mail cars being preserved
intact, and served as a hospital for the
injured.
Over fifty PERSONS were killed out
right by the fall, drowned, burned or
froze to death; most of the remaining
ones (about fifty being seriously in
Iured. Among the killed were the
conductor and Frank Wesson of Smith
& Wesson, pistol manufacturers.
The details of suffering and death
were of the most horrible kind.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-07
An Insane Act.

PALESTINE, Feb. s.-Frank PEBBLES,
who attempted to cut his throat one
day last week at his home, twelve
miles west of this city, escaped from
his keepers to-day and walked to this
place. lie wandered into the railroad
yard, at Up. m. suddenly threw him.
self in front of a moving engine.
Yardmen dragged him off the track in
time to save his life. He was placed
in charge of an officer and placed in
jail. PEBBLES begged the crowd to let
him kill himself. He has been insane
at different times ever since Christmas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-07
CONGRESSIONAL.
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

|. oUsE.-Mcssages from the presi-
dent vetoing bills granting pensions
to Cuthbert Stone and Abraham II.
Gregg were laid before the house.
The president also sent in messages
vetoing bills granting pensions to f.
Sweet, Jesse Campbell, II. X. Bennett,
Catherine Saddler aud j. II. Baylor.
The senate bill 10 refund direct
taxes was referred to the judiciary
committee.
The bill for the payment of what
are known as the Fourth of July
claims passed, appropriating $4,000.
SENATE - Sixty-six pension bills
were passed and the appropriation bill
was taken up, read and passed with
out division.
Morrill, moved, but the senate refus-
ed TO consider the bill TO reimburse
the depositors of the Freedman's Saw
ing and Trust Company.
The senate bill 10 incorporate the
Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway
Company (the Eads Tehuantepec bilD
was taken up rs a special order.
Morgan thought that whatever
transit there might be across the 18TH
mus should be under tie control OF the
United States in connection with the
government through whose terrific
nv il passes. As 60 the Panama Canal,
he Thought the United States govern
ment had an interest in that question
predominant over that of any other
government. and that certain guaran-
tees were necessary to be given in re-
lation to the transit of ships
which would entirely satisfy
the people of the United States
lie had read this morning a etter,
stating that several large war vesse
of England and France were lying in
the neighborhood of the mouth of the
Panama Canal, osiensibly Tor the pur-
pose Of transferring crews by the
Panama railroad between their Allan
tic and Pacific squadrons. lie did
interpret their presence there as sign
that both those governments were on
the lookout for their interests in that
quarter
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-07
The Bondsmen Will Have to Settle.

LITTLE Rock, Feb. IA decision
has been rendered by the supreme
court in the State VS.. II. j. Churchill,
ex-State treasurer. 1t virtually af-
firms the decision given months ago
as to the first and second bonds made
by Churchill, holding that the erasure
of certain names on these bonds with
out the consent Of the other bonds
men rendered both bonds void. On
the second bond the sureties will have
to pay about $4,000. Churchill, in
1881, was found 10 have fallen short
in his accounts as State treasurer
$4,000. Further investigation made
the amount swell to $234,000. The
matter has been in the courts since
1881. Many prominent men are among
the bondsmen, one of whom is Attor-
ney General Garland.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-07
The Deep Water Project.

GALvELToN, Feb. THE steam tug
Penrose left Labadie's whar! yesterday
morning, taking out a schooner with a
a surveying party under charge of Col.
Ripley and Capt. Talford, represent
ment engineering department, under
charge of Mai. Ernst, in this city, to
make a survey of the ship channel cut
several years ago from Reddish down
through the bay. The surveying par
ty will be out several weeks, and will
max thorough survey of the wofk
preparatory TO renewing operations
under the appropriations now on hand
for this department of the work under
Mai. Ernst's supervision.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-07
Corsicana Cuttings.

CoRsIoANA, Feb. IA few spur
GUS dollars are in circulation in this
city, some having come to light at the
banks. They are thought to have
found their way to this city from the
supply at Waco.
A committee OF citizens from this
county have gone to Austin to assist
in defeating The proposed county Of
Ross, with Hubbard City as a center.
A gentleman of this city, who owns
a saloon and runs gaming table,
known as a "racetrack," has applied
for an injunction against several of
his competitors to restrain their fur
thcr use of his device, as he claims to
have bought the exclusive right to its
use in this county.
The late cold wave has resulted in
supplying the long needed rain.
A young man was found wandering
in the woods Yesterday, near Angus,
was brought here and placed in charge
of the county judge. lie is of feeb C
mind, bordering on idiocy. He could
not remember where his home is, and
said his name was James Rutland
O'Neal and thought he lived near Cot
ton Gin. lie was sent to the poor
farm.